Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister

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J E R R Y E L M E R the memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister Felon for Peace Felon for Peace The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister CIl 1_ _ ...... I ........ • C ; 1M: ClASS ..... DAn; qm~~~ECTIVE SERVICE f LASSIFICATION RI cu..m:(l4'nOlfl ..... a.._Ce·' ....... .... ......-....----. a...a-o ~.....--. CIooooD4 ...... - - . ....... 0..-... . ......-- ...... ClASS ..... DAn; ....~ a..1".4J .... --._ .. -_t1 '..,.................... a-t1'~ ~_---..-. ... _ -lY -o. -... .............. ...... rY...... .......... _ -L -T--..---r---":~"",,;i. ....T - ......, -...-,- ~- ~" Felon for Peace The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister Jerry Elmer Vanderbilt University Press nashville © 2005 Vanderbilt University Press All rights reserved First Edition 2005 10 09 08 07 06 05 1 2 3 4 5 Printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America Frontispiece: Shredded draft files from the June 1970 raid on the Providence draft boards. Collage by Peg Duthie. Design by Dariel Mayer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Elmer, Jerry, 1951– Felon for peace : the memoir of a Vietnam-era draft resister / Jerry Elmer.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-8265-1494-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8265-1495-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Draft resisters— United States. 2. Elmer, Jerry, 1951– I. Title. DS559.8.D7E46 2005 959.704’31—dc22 2005005031 To earlier generations of war resisters, for having shown the way, and to future generations of war resisters, for continuing the struggle. ...